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you may need to change those weekend plans, not that jeff ranieri has not been warning us for days that this system has been moving towards us. >> this is continuing to strengthen just off the coastline here of the northwest, and we'll continue to watch this move to the south, but in advance of this very cold area of low pressure, we've already seen a dramatic drop in those temperatures. santa rosa, going from 84 on monday to 62 today. san francisco, one of the largest drops from 80 on monday, dropping down to 57. so it's going to be getting even colder as we head throughout the next 36 hours, as this cold air continues to wrap around that region of low pressure. here are some of the highlights. some of the coolest air in the season with temperatures in the 50s inland expected for this weekend. not only rainfall, but even some isolated thunderstorms expected, as we head into saturday and sunday. and snow that could go as low as 3,000 feet, impacting anyone that may be heading up to, let's say, mt. hamilton.
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now, meanwhile, here as our rainfall totals go, into sunday morning, we're looking at anywhere from a half inch to around an inch. and of course, that sierra winter storm warning is in effect as well. we're not talking inches, but feet. 1 to 3 feet expected throughout this weekend. more on the timeline of this coming up throughout the show. >> jeff, we'll look for you later on. just into the newsroom, two mothers arrested for allegedly stealing from their children's school funds. san jose police say wendy hayes and jennifer vasquez took $30,000 from a pta-like group at the baldwin elementary school club. the allegations say the thefts took place over a span of eight months, stretching from this year back to 2009. charges made at netflix, jcpenney, old navy, and gas stations prompted bank officials to notify the club leaders. the two women are set to appear in court on december 16th to face charges of grand theft. well, time to break out those piggy banks for university of california students, because
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tuition next fall is going up. the board of regents voting on a fee hike today, just one day after students demonstrated against the proposed increase. nbc bay area's traci grant is live at the uc campus with more. traci? >> reporter: an 8% tuition increase means that university of california students will be paying more than $11,000 a year, but the board of regents' decision to approve that increase today was actually a little anticlimatic. yesterday, there were hundreds of protesters out here. today, very few people actually showed up to witness that vote. >> as everyone snknows, the students are not in favor of this increase. >> reporter: the war of words played out in board room. >> i feel they're provided short-sighted solutions to a very, very complicated future. >> reporter: instead of the physical battle involving pepper spray and handcuffs that landed 13 people in jail yesterday,
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they were all fighting for the same thing. >> have we really exhausted everything? and if we have, and you feel that you have, then obviously it's an easy yes vote. in my heart, i don't feel that we have, so i'll be voting no. >> reporter: outgoing lieutenant governor abel maldonado was one who spoke out against the proposal to increase tuition by 8%. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? >> opposed. >> reporter: despite the pleas, the board passed the increase. next year, students will pay $823 more a year. but the tuition hike will make it possible to expand the financial aid program, wiping out all of the costs for families who make under $80,000 annually. but it's far from california's original master plan, to make state education free for everyone. >> talk to your legislators. get them to honor -- get them to honor, you know, the master plan. there's nothing wrong with that plan, except we won't fund it.
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>> she can't take on one more job or loan. >> these increases hurt all students, but particularly the middle income families, since they do not qualify for financial aid. >> reporter: union leaders are gearing up to make a fight. >> the issues are the same. >> reporter: the regents discussed the prospect of pension reform today. it will include much heftier contributions from uc employees. if voted on today, the regents would tackle it some time in the near future. live in san francisco, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. happening now, a south bay school district wants to help more of its students get prepared for college. members of the east side union high school district are set to vote tonight, whether to approve a new standard of curriculum for ninth and tenth graders. that meeting just got started. the so-called ag requirements add three classes to a high school's graduation requirement.
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advocates for the college prep requirement say they will increase the number of graduates eligible for four-year state schools. well, a distress call, a rescue flight in the bay for the coast guard this afternoon. a man on a 32-foot sailboat called for help just after 3:00, saying his engine had died and he was worried his boat might capsi capsize. a chopper crew found the sailboat near the san mateo bridge. a rescue swimmer jumped into the bay to make sure the man and his dog were safe and that the boat was sea worthy. everyone is fine. the coast guard is now deciding how and where to tow that disabled boat. police arrested a counselor at the contra costra juvenile hall today for allegedly having a large amount of child pornography at his home. 53-year-old thomas jewel was arrested in his home in pleasant hill. police confiscated several digital devices that will be examined with the help of fbi analysts, who were called in because of the amount of the alleged evidence. police say jewel has worked at
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the contra costra mental health division for several years now. he is being held on $1 million bail. well, the amount of money is a secret tonight, but the 16-year-old girl gang-raped in richmond outside of a school dance last year has reached a financial settlement with the school district. the details sealed by a superior court judge. since both sides agreed to the settlement, no lawsuit was filed against the west contra costra school district. new lighting and security have since been installed in the area where that attack took place. the "mercury news" is reporting that the board unanimously approved the arrangement back in october. preliminary hearings, by the way, are underway in martinez for the seven suspects in that rape case. normally light friday morning traffic could be congested in san francisco tomorrow as police officers and city officials assemble for the memorial service for former police chief alex facten. he passed away in england last week at the age of of. the memorial will be held tomorrow morning at 10:00 at st. mary's cathedral.
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traffic near the church is expected to be heaviest between the hours of 8:30 and noon. it has been more than 30 years since the jonestown massacre, but the pain is still vivid for those who lost friends and relatives in that horrible mass suicide. more than 900 people died in the cult poisoning, including congressman leo ryan who was shot on the tarmac. >> it was a solemn affair in oakland today. family members came together to make sure that no one ever forgets what happened in jonestown. families and survivors gathered in oakland's evergreen cemetery to mark the 32nd anniversary of that tragedy. there are a pair of granite panels inscribed with some of the victims who died at the hands of the temple leader. a new plans for a memorial calls for even large slabs in memorial. the organizer of this memorial lost 27 members in the tragedy. >> our loved ones and our family
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went to jonestown to find a better day, a day free of racism, sexism, and discrimination. they thought that they could build a better life, where they could bring not only their children and grandchildren, but friends and strangers that they knew nothing about. and so they deserved to be remembered. >> of those hundreds of people killed, more than 300 were children. now, the downturn in the economy has been one reason plans for a large memorial have been delayed for years. tom? >> all righty. lisa, thank you. nine days, still no word from a father of two who vanished last week. concord police are asking for the public's help as they look for the trail of a man who seems to have vanished. nbc bay area's christie smith explains. >> i just want them home. that's all. or, i just want word that he's okay. >> reporter: jeff herb is worried sick. it's been nine days since he's seen his son, brian, at the
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son's pleasant hill barbecue restaurant. >> we've called his friends, we've hired two private investigators, we're looking as hard as we can. >> reporter: he says the 33-year-old father of two went home, argued with his wife, seemed okay. the next day, he was gone. >> he took money out of his account, kind of drained his checking account, and then just took off. and i haven't seen him since. none of us have. gassed his truck, bought some groceries and that was it. >> herb drives a blue ford f-20 with a california license plate. concord police put him in a missing persons database, contacted state parks, and are checking big sur. >> we have no indications of foul play. we're investigating all the leads we have, including his cell phone and credit card records. and no idea where he's at. >> he's always used to being out and camping and doing that kind of thing, but he didn't take
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much in the way of fwegear. he took a sleeping bag and an ice chest, which in this cold weather is not enough. >> it's getting harder each day. >> it's very difficult. and his mother is falling to pieces too. i mean, we just worry. >> reporter: in concord, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> the oakland police department is inviting the public to a meeting to talk about crime trends tonight. this is the second time police have gotten together with residents to talk about the kind of crimes that are happening and where they're taking place. crime has dropped 14% since the department has used the new analytical strategy called com stat. they'll also be discussing the future of community policing at the meeting. get ready, because fares are going up for frequent riders on the golden gate ferry line. they wanted to raise the fares for frequent users by 30%, but they heard an earful and dialed back their plans. the new faers are roughly 10%
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higher. the new rates go into effect january 1st. the increase will raise an extra $500,000 for the district. supernatural spells, costumes, and a quidditch match are all on tap at the tech museum in san jose tonight, and that's hours before the midnight showing of "harry potter and the deathly hallows," the latest installment in the wildly popular potter series. the midnight showing is sold out, but the museum is hosting san jose state's quidditch team and other festivities for moviegoers who are already lining up. well, i'll just continue here, quidditch is a team sport played on flying broomsticks. san jose state does not yet rent it as a scholarship level sport. i thought i'd throw that in there. >> all right. and get your wands if you go. still ahead, a cold, wet storm for us, a holiday boon, though, for the sierra. we'll have the ski report next. i'm scott budman, a
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beautiful building built during the dot-com hay days. the problem is, no one's been inside it since. coming , what nhe t tewt anen hereom aonecy.a
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more bad news today for the bay area housing arena. home sales continue to stagger. in fact, sales in santa clara county dropped 29% last month. sales in san francisco fell 21%. and for the first time all year, home prices also fell. high unemployment plus the the end of the home-buying tax credit, the culprits. but there is also some positive real estate news to tell you about. and for that we tune to nbc bay area business and tech reporter, scott budman, who's always an optimist. >> i try, jessica. we do have a shot of bay area tech optimism. silicon business just checked off fill gigantic shiny building
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from its to do list, thanks to a company that could have gone anywhere, but chose to stay and grow here. it sits in the heart of silicon valley, built during the dot-com can boom, it's a shining monument to growth, prosperity, and optimism. only problem is, it's been empty since the dot-com boom. until now. san jose sobrado building is once again available. >> it's the global headquarters of the technology industry. so in our market here, we serve on technology companies. brand name cisco systems, ebay, but we service the newest start-ups, so we like to think that we're part of the tech ecosystem. >> pwc signed a 15-year lease for 209,000 square feet of space. it will build here, keep its
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1,200 local workers here, and add at least 100 new jobs to the workforce. a shot of good news for silicon valley as it helps the overall economy get back into shape. >> well, we with hope to be ahead of the rest of the country. silicon valley has led the country out of recession in the past. i'm hoping that's what's going to happen again this time. we're seeing growth. it's net positive numbers for us. >> reporter: eventually, this will be home to a fitness center, a cafe, and a marketing opportunity in its own right. >> we're going to have our name up on the side. people are driving down 280 and people will feel proud about that. >> after a long wait, it's more than a pretty face, it's open for business. >> we've got more optimism today from a company that could really use it. myspace. once the darling of the social networking world has been recently clobbered by facebook. well, today it and facebook are friending each other. the two companies say they'll work together. those of you on myspace can log on to your facebook account through myspace. you can also port your content and information back and forth between the two sites.
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and you can call this a comeback. once an american icon, general motors stumbled into bankruptcy, but came revving back today with a very well-received ipo. gm shares up more than 3% by the closing bell. we'll take a look at what that means for gm and the future of the auto industry a little later in the show. back to you guys. >> all right. scott, thank you very much. well, rain and snow. they're both on the way for much of even the bay area. jeff ranieri is tracking the storm from our weather center. >> but first, let's give you a live look at the high country right now. this is i-80 near colfax. really not snow on the ground yet, but that is about to change. mike join us live from truckee with the excitement that the storm is bringing for skier sand snowboarders. hey, mike. >> reporter: right now i am standing in downtown truckee, and take a look. soak in this picture, because in a matter of hours, if the predictions hold true, the scene you see here is going to change dramatically by the end of the weekend.
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if today's wind is any indication there's definitely something big brewing in the sierra. >> hellacious today. >> reporter: in fact, from the firing up of snow blowers to the crackling of fireplaces, to the pounding of snow stakes and nailing down of rooftops, the preparations for an impending snowstorm are going on all over in the sierra. >> whoo-hoo! >> reporter: when you hear that -- >> we're stoked! >> reporter: and as the weather starts to change up here, the winds are kicking up, right now hitting nearly 20 miles per hour. >> today, it is bitter and cold and strong. >> reporter: listen to this. the predictions of 2 to 4 feet of weekend snow are proving so buzz-worthy, this chain installer drove up to the sierra before noon today, just to wait for the arrival of snow tomorrow. >> i just tried to beat everyone up here. the first guys make the most money. >> reporter: the arrival of that
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snow will allow ski resorts to open with a bang before the lucrative thanksgiving holiday weekend. >> could the timing be any better? >> no. i think it's the best time to open, yeah. >> reporter: and remember, the snow level could fall all the way down to the 2,000 foot elevation level, means towns like colfax that today saw dog walking and sidewalk strolls will transform from fall to winter in a matter of hours. >> you can feel a little buzz in the air. people are really excited about it. >> reporter: and back here in truckee, while we have not yet seen any snow today, we're not expecting it tonight, if you are going to be coming up here anytime this weekend, the highway patrol saying you definitely want to bring those chains and be prepared for what could be heavy, heavy snow on the interstate. it could be a wild weekend if you're going to try and travel up here to the nice little town of truckee. in the sierra, i'm mike truesel, back to you. >> i'm thinking the next time we see you, mike, you'll be above 10 feet tall. >> and he'll be tossing snow. so it's not
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affecting the sierra, we'll see some harsh weather down here too. >> not our strongest rainstorm we've seen all season, but will switch things up here in the bay area. already starting to feel the impacts, cold temperatures down from the north bay towards the east bay. this is all in advance of temperatures dropping even more as we head throughout this weekend. highs today, about 30 degrees cooler than what we had on monday with those record highs. 61 for san rafael, 69 for san francisco. 63 in los gatos and san jose, and temperatures only in the low to mid-60s throughout most of the east bay. our developing storm continue outs here, just off the northwest, parallel with seattle at this point. so this area of low pressure is continuing to tap into some moisture, and we're going to see this go on more of a southerly route, right here into northern california as we head into saturday and also sunday's forecast. and in advance of that, as we
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heard mike toosel saying, our snow war yore, we have this winter storm warnings up at 6,000 feet where we could see 1 to 3 feet of snow for saturday and for sunday. that could also mean the chance of snow at mt. hamilton, up at around 3,000 feet. now, we'll start to get in on the rainfall as we head towards 6:00 p.m. on friday. that's our first chance of rain. and we'll see this rain continue, of course, into saturday. more scattered, chilly rain continuing into 6:00 p.m. on saturday as well. let's get you pack to the current, the next 12 hours. s you can see temperatures very, very cold out there to start, also from the east bay down into the south bay, temperatures primarily in the 40s. then by 10:00 and 11:00 a.m., not much warming. most of us staying in the low 50s across the bay area. so as we've been highlighting, it will be cold out there, especially for those of you in the south bay to start. then we'll see clouds increase by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. doing any traveling? may encounter a few delays back
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here into new york and washington, with lingering rainfall. otherwise, clear across the central u.s. and coming up, more on the expected rain totals in the bay area later on in the show. >> we'll look forward to that, jeff, thank you. astronomers say they have discovered a new planet, a gas-covered giant that's hanging out in the bad part of the milky way. it's the size of jupiter. they found it just in time. its home star is old and expanding and that means the planet may be destroyed in just a few million years. this is all happening on what's called the helme stream, the remains of a small galaxy that was cannibalized by our milky way years ago. nasa now says the "discovery" launch won't happen until december 3rd, at the earliest. they bumped back the november 30th date today. a hydrogen leak scrubbed
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"discovery's" earlier launch attempt and crews have also been repairing small cracks in the external fuel tank. if nasa does not launch "discovery" by december 7th, they'll have to wait until late february. ahead, a new count that could send another bay area politician to sacramento. and score one for the superheroes. some of the country's most well-known costumed performers get a reprieve. and a bay area woman legal causes but still wins big on "ellen."
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berkeley students gathering today to highlight poverty awareness all week, so they stretched out on the ground for 15 minutes at lunchtime. the group also plans to hold a food drive and screening to teach students about poverty and what they can do about it. a los altos woman got her 15 minutes of fame today on "the ellen degeneres show" and she also got a prize.
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sharon was a contestant far regular feature on the show that's called "know or go." contestants who don't know the answer to questions -- and they almost always don't -- drop through a trap door in the stage. sharon was the last one standing. >> what kind of animal is an egret? >> a small one. a furry one. >> sharon? >> an egret? it's a -- >> in the end, all three contestants won tickets to the american music award show in los angeles for this weekend. >> it's a bird, by the way. a judge is coming to the rescue of superman, batman, and other character impersonators on hollywood boulevard. police have been cracking down on the performers who collect tips along the hollywood walk of fame. there have been complaints about the characters harassing tourists and doing drugs.
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but they're protected by the first amendment, so police need to leave superman and his tights alone. cher is officially a star today. she joined the pantheon of hollywood elite who have sunk their hands and feet into the cement in front of the chinese theater in hollywood boulevard. cher's career started in the '60s when sonny bono convinced now-imprisoned prison phil spector to use her as a backup singer. she and then-husband bono hosted the "sonny and cher" show in the '70s and she's been a star in hollywood and las vegas ever since. >> no one turns back time like she does. still ahead, an american business icon makes it big on the stock market. who's taking credit for the recovery. plus, you don't have the chance to win millions i lottery, but you lottery, but your future is at stake. diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes.
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dividends. the automaker went public today with an ipo that raised more than $23 billion, and just like that, the treasury department, which owns 61% of gm, now owns a 26% stake in a company that was near collapse just a year and a half ago. >> reporter: as gm's chief executive officer rang the opening bell today on the u.s. stock exchange, a stake in the company was offered at $33 per share. 478 million shares later, the price had briefly climbed past $35. gm says this is only the beginning. >> yeah, we price it about right, and now we have to go to work and hopefully improve profitability and we can increase value. >> reporter: the company that was once bankrupt raised more than $20 billion through today's ipo, which will pay down a substantial part of its $50 billion in government loans. >> president obama jumped on the
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chance to loud gm as a good investment so far. >> american taxpayers are now positioned to recover more than my administration invested in gm. and that's a very good thing. >> reporter: gm still has hurdles to clear. 18 months after washington's bailout money gave the company a chance to downsize and get control of exploding pension costs, it must now please its customers, not just its stockholders. >> they've got most of their houses in order, engineering, design, product development, marketing i'm giving them a coin on, but they've got to have a 21st century marketing operation that understands how to read a balance sheet. >> reporter: the excitement over this stock offering had much to do with gm's rollout of popular new vehicles, including motor trend's green car of the year, the chevy volt. does the buzz over gm bode well for other carmakers like bay area-based tesla, which raised $166 million in its ipo in june. tesla shares gained more than 1.25% today, to close at $29.89.
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the obama administration predicts that america's automotive industry has turned the corner and is moving in a new direction. >> i'm absolutely confident we're going to continue making progress. i believe we're going to get through this tougher and stronger than we were before. well, weeks after the election, the attorney general's race remains undecided. but right now it looks like san francisco district attorney kamala harris is keeping her lead over steve cooley. but as time goes on, both sides are getting frustrated. colan nolan from our l station has more. >> reporter: this is how charles moern has been spending most of his days of late, on the fourth floor of the county registrar's office, quietly observing county election officers go through thousands of ballots that may or may not be counted. a process that could decide if his candidate wins or loses. >> one of the most important parts of this process is that it is clean and transparent. >> reporter: weeks after the election, the race for attorney
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general in california is still too close to call. out of over 7 million votes cast, democrat kamala harris has a 29,000-vote lead over republican steve cooley, with 93,000 potential votes still to be counted in l.a. county alone. some are ballots that somehow have been damaged and need to be duplicated before being placed in the computer. but most are ones cast by voters whose name wasn't actually on the precinct list at their polling station. their registration documents need to be reviewed, signatures matched, all information in order before the ballots are counted. >> make sure, a, that the person is an eligible voter, and b, that they haven't cast a ballot somewhere else in the county. >> reporter: it has not been without controversy. the cooley campaign filed several complaints last week, among them saying they had spotted workers being haphazard during the pros. >> we just didn't think that there was necessarily enough attention being paid to every
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single ballot that was marked provisionally to ensure of its voracity and its authenticity. >> reporter: the harris campaign, meanwhile, complained that election workers were being harassed by cooley volunteers. >> nobody's being harassed. obviously, when you're working seven days a week and you've been working continually since election day and people are standing over you, looking behind your shoulder at what you're doing, which is perfectly appropriate, but there's some tension that goes along with that, and that's just part and parcel of a close election. so what do ping-pong balls have to do with political reform? apparently everything. california's redistricting effort took a major step today as the state auditor used bingo balls to elect the citizen's committee. those members will in turn elect the final six members of the commission by the end of the year. voters chose to remove the responsibility for drawing legislative boundaries from legislators in a 2008 initiative and followed that up in the recent election. this new independent commission will be charged with ree drawing the maps for all 120 state and
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assembly districts and 53 congressional districts and for the board of equalization districts as well. >> well, in san joaquin county, a jury is deciding the fight of a man accused of torturing his teenage neighbor. anthony waiters lives next door to the home where kyle ramirez is being held captive by his legal guardians and homeowners, allegedly. the teenager made headlines in 2008 when he ran off, still wearing the shackles they had used to restrain him. the other three adults in the case reached a plea bargain deal. during the trial, ramirez testified that waiters burned him, cut him, and beat him until he was unconscious. a 54-year-old grandmother is suing hooters over an incident that was caught on camera. the woman was disputing her bill with the manager and security guard of a chicago-area hooters, and as the argument grew more heated, the guard grabbed her by
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the hair and pushed her around. the guard claims the woman spit on him. she was later arrested, tried and convicted of battery and she's serving seven months. >> if he had cause to believe that he had probable cause to arrest her, did not have probable cause to arrest her and beat her. >> well, she is filing a civil suit against hooters, the security guard, and the town of oaklawn. well, still ahead, just saying i don't. a new poll shows a big swing in how many people are getting married. >> plus, before you go buying those holiday toys, you might want to see this. how to protect your children from lead contamination. cold today, and even more cold air moving in for your weekend. not only that, but rain andextr extremely low snow. we had 59 in san francisco and 63 in san jose and temperatures already dropping into the low 50s across the board. we're tracking that rain for you and i'll have the expected totals coming up.
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tomorrow night at 12 11:00, $1 billion to retrofit builds in the uc system, but in berkeley, dozens of structures are still seismically unsafe, still used daily by students and staff, and sitting right on the top of the hayward fault. why do some schools get the fix while so many at cal are still at risk? i'm garvin thomas. a revealing look at seismic safety in california's universities tomorrow night at 11:00 on nbc bay area news.
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as the holiday countdown pressures us all to start shopping, safety experts want to help you choose the gifts for your kids, safe ones, that is. the "get the lead out" coalition has done the inspecting and the measures. members showed off the results today in union square. they want to inform shoppers about the dangers of lead poisoning and instruct them on how to prevent it. they test toys and other products throughout the year and then they report their findings to the government and to toy manufacturers. >> so we're heading into the black friday holiday shopping bonanza season, and while the toy industry has improved quite a bit, we are still finding lead hazards in many children's products. >> well, you can text the numbers 30644 to get specific information about any toy. well, it turns out that fewer couples are deciding to walk down the aisle. the pew research center found that nearly 40% of americans now say that marriage is becoming
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obsolete. that number follows the census data showing marriages are at an all-time low, which is 52% of adults saying "i do." people are also marrying later, and the idea of what constitutes family is also changing, shifting into something much broader than the traditional mom, dad, and the kids. now, when it does come to being traditional, it is hard to beat the royal family. last night kate middleton and prince william visited 1,000-year-old westminster abb y abbey, which is a possible site for their upcoming nuptials. generations of queens and kings have been married there, including william's grandmother. some commoner, though, a little concerned about footing the bill for that wedding. >> i think that there's definitely a strong feeling that it would be inappropriate to have anything over the top. >> even a low-key wedding, which the couple says they would prefer, could top $100 million, primarily because of the massive security costs. maybe they should elope.
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>> there's a good idea. >> vegas. the chapel in vegas. >> well, you spend that much to make sure the ax is secure. >> they do? >> that's right. big game with big implications this year for stanford. they really have to keep their focus if they want to keep that rose bowl dream alive, and they want to win it. but cal hasn't made it easy at all. the cardinal wants to put the past two losses behind them and take that ax in berkeley. plus, the raiders pulled out a great win last year and today return to the steel city, while a father and former head coach has to make the toughest of decisions about his own son. hockey family matters coming up in sports. but that's not all that's chilly. jeff? >> tracking cold temperatures across the east bay. low 50s now. find out about aw snongcomi on. in a sw coming on back.
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well, there is something about a plate of pasta and some opera that seem to go together. at least, that's what one san francisco restauranteur thought. >> but as joe rosato jr. found out, things got a little complicated when he turned up the volume a little bit. >> reporter: the greek columnist
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herb kaine called north beach the heart of san francisco. its food fills the stomach, its character fills the soul. now one north beach restaurant is hoping to turn up the character with the new musical dish. the seven-month-old restaurant wants to bring in singing waiter tosser nad its diners. >> to bring some culture to north beach, bring back some culture. and part of our culture is opera. >> a singer applied for a permit for amplified music, because after all, a singer needs a little accompaniment, but the idea hit a sour note, they opposed the permit. >> i don't know if their worries are that we're going to turn this into a nightclub, but as they should be able to see, we're not going to do anything like that. we just want low-level amplification. >> department staff has spoken with a representative.
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>> reporter: the singing waiter issue got an audience today with san francisco's planning commission. neighborhood supporters turned out in force. >> i have circulationed petitions. >> groups opposing the permit didn't return calls or show occupant the meeting. they did write a letter saying they were concerned that the permit would allow other restaurants to become nightclubs. but jewelry dan macchiarini says the singing waiter idea is a gem. >> we're a sit of light and hope and a city of multinational character, and that should be what we put out to the world every day in every way, any way we can. >> reporter: and in this pizza-shaped heart of the city, this is one controversy going out on a high note. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> bravo! bravo. and get your opera glasses and your fork ready, because just a short time ago, the planning commission gave the restaurant permission to amplify its singing waiters.
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>> i think field trip in our future. >> we need to do a remote broadcast. you know, when it's raining, it will be nice to be sitting inside, having a nice -- listening to opera. >> let's go right now. let's get ready for this weekend. let's load up on the carbs. we're looking at a big storm system moving into the by area, as we head into saturday and sunday. our winter storm warning in effect for this weekend. saturday and sunday where we could see upwards of 1 to 3 feet of snow. we're also talking about winds, 40 to 60 miles per hour, possibly gusting higher at the summit levels. so it's going to be extremely dangerous if you're doing any traveling to the sierra. meanwhile, back here at home, we are dry for right now on the radar, but that's going to be changing quite a bit here in the next 24 hours. current temperatures, cold. not just for the coastline, where we do have low to mid-50s, but also our inland spots. concord, 56. livermore, 53. 55 in san jose and 51 in gilroy.
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a big-time change from that record heat we had on monday when temperatures were in the 80s. for friday, our cold storm continues to get closer. that will bring us some rainfall. and for the weekend, periods of rainfall, extremely cold air. the coldest air of the season. and also, of course, that sierra snow. so let's get a look at this system that's going to be causing us all of this trouble this weekend. right now it's a couple hundred miles away. it's spinning right there. that's the center of low pressure. it just loops around, starting to drag its feet and get closer and closer here to california. as that continues to dip down, we'll see those temperatures continuing to go down as well. and that chance of rain as we head into saturday and sunday's forecast. mainly dry through a good part of tomorrow and we'll introduce that chance of rainfall for the evening. and once again, periods of rainfall through the our entire weekend. so the timeline goes as follows. we're dry at 6:00 a.m. then by 6:00 p.m., our first wave of activity rolls across the bay area. then by saturday morning, another area of rainfall starts to move in. then by 6:00 p.m. saturday, we're keeping this chilly
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rainfall in the forecast here, and that will also, of course, continue into sunday, as we've been talking about. here's a look at how much we can expect. anywhere from a half inch to an inch. right now some of the highest totals coming to us in the east bay and also for the south bay, and for the coastal mountains as well. so not our largest rainmaker of the season, but certainly a moderate storm system here for the bay area. tomorrow morning, starting off at low 40s here in the east bay and those clouds increasing throughout the day. also, cold down here in the south bay with 45 in san jose and 46 in gilroy. numbers tomorrow in the south bay, going down even more, with upper 50s expected in san jose. 58 in fremont. 58 in dublin, and 60 expected in livermore. so finally starting to feel like, you know, thanksgiving's around the corner here. 54 in san francisco. 56 in san mateo. 60 in concord and 58 in napa. remember, our holiday food drive is going to be happening at over 140 safeway stores this saturday when nbc bay area employees will be out at safeway stores
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collecting your donations. don't want to forget about that. and then the rain this weekend, we drive out wednesday and thursday with some clear weather for thanksgiving. not too bad by then. >> not too bad at all. and we'll all chip in over the weekend. feel good we're helping our fellow -- >> it's sure welcome, so come on out. other big things that are happening too. >> wet, big game. stanford needs the ax and they want the ax if they want to keep the wolves away from the game. for stanford, it's the rose bowl or another major bowl game at stake. the cardinal are ranked number seven nationally and sixth in the bcs standings. and note they have one more game after big game when they host oregon state. so nothing's final. well, the bears at 5 and 5, they need a win to become bowl eligible. could be a classic in 113th meeting of the two schools. >> you try not to get too much
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anxiety through the week. you know, let that build up to game day. but there's been a bounce in the step. >> i'm very excited. i know it's going to be a hostile environment up on the strawberry hill. but, you know, it's going to be a fun environment. >> looking for three straight wins and getting ready for tampa bay visiting candlestick on sunday while the raiders got some extra time to return for a return to pittsburgh. strange scheduling quirk. they're back in the steel city again, where they shocked the steelers last year. and bruce brad cowski's been sidelined with a shoulder injury. the starter goes to jason campbell who has helped lead the raiders to three safe victories while oakland is feeling comfortable at heinz field and coming in with a ton of confidence. >> it's great to be in first place where you control your own
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destiny, but at the same time, you can't get too complacent. we've got to continue to keep moving forward at any time in the season. now's the time to work even harder. >> i feel like people are just going back to last year's team. i don't think that's something we're going to do. to go out there and win is going to be able to show people that we are the real thing. >> all right. the baseball post-season award are now down to the mvps as both of cy youngs have been handed out. it's the era that makes the differen difference. cc sabathia came in third. hernandez had the lowest era in the majors at 2.27, which carries the weight in the voting, because wins were hard to come by this year in seattle. his 13 wins with a 13-12 record sets a new mark for fewest by a cy young starter. it actually eclipses tim lincecum's mark of 15 last year.
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in hockey, the sharks are out to shake off the overtime loss in denver last night. by picking up in dallas, they're trailing against the stars, 2-1 in the second. if you think back to backs are tough, that's the start of the cold cruel workings. some families have made their name in the business, but it's not always a family business. derryl suter knows this well, but now suter making the tough call as the calgary flame's general manager, trading his own son who played in calgary, brett suter to the carolina hurricanes. thanksgiving dinner at the suter house may be a little chippy. great scene in vallejo last night with a world boxing champ belting out some tunes. ♪ manny pacquiao singing along at a fund-raiser. he does it all, boxing champ, politics in his home country of the philippines, and now music
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on a new album. how does the pac man keep it all in balance? >> just manage your time, manage your time, and have time to politics and have time for becomes i boxing. if i have a fight, i'm focused on the fight. >> you have to manager your time. i never thought about that. >> forget steven cubby, the highly effective habits of boxing champs. >> manage your time. >> run off to las vegas the week of your championship fight, there's a man who knows how to manage his time. >> clearly. thank you. still ahead, when rock and the symphony collide. we've got a sneak peek of the big bay area performance ahead for carlos santana.
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coming up tonight at 11:00, on the trail of sex offenders who have gone off the grid. vicky nguyen is in the newsroom working on the story. >> we spent the past three days tracking sex offenders riding along on the biggest sweep in state history. more than 2,000 targets right here in the bay area. child molesters, rapists, and other sex predators on the troll. that's coming up tonight in part
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one of or report at 11:00. >> we'll see you then. in the meantime, he has been collaborating with michelle branch, chad kroger, michael jackson. ♪ and this weekend, carlos santana is collaborating with the oakland east bay symphony's performance of the enchanted forest. seven higher worlds of music. santana says he loves the texture of classical music, and this particular performance will be one that young people can relate to. it's at the paramount theater. it's friday and saturday night and won't that be fun? >> i love carlos santana. that's going to be fantastic. >> there's no kind of music he can't play. >> there really isn't. >> he's been at it for so long. >> that's going to do it for us at 6:00. we'll see you back here at 11:00. >> thanks for joining us tonight. bye-bye. the black widow spider's severe bite
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